[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 84 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23796-23797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9802]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the 
HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301) 443-1129.
    The following request has been submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995:

Proposed Project: Health Care Infrastructure Forms for Funding 
Opportunities--NEW

    HRSA Safety Net programs, including the Consolidated Health Center 
(CHC) Program and the Healthy Communities Access Program (HCAP), are 
administered by HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC). HRSA/BPHC 
is committed to assisting communities in the development of integrated 
and comprehensive health care delivery systems which will improve the 
effectiveness, efficiency, and coordination of services for uninsured 
and underinsured individuals, resulting in higher quality care for 
these populations at less cost.
    Grant funding opportunities are provided to health centers to 
support: The integration and coordination of primary, hospital, and 
specialty care; the enhancement of the network and the health centers 
ability to compete in the marketplace; and the strategic alignment of 
health center information systems and technology infrastructure to 
integrate uniform clinical information with business systems.
    BPHC will assist in achieving this new health center infrastructure 
through various funding opportunities. Application forms are used by 
new and current health centers through (1) Health Center Network 
Planning and Development which includes the Integrated Service 
Development Initiative (ISDI), Shared Integrated Management Information 
System (SIMIS), Integrated Information and Communication Technology 
(ICT), (2) Healthy Communities Access Program (HCAP), and (3) 
Operational Health Center Networks (OHCN) which include the ISDI and 
Pharmacy Networks.
    The burden estimate of for this activity is as follows:

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                                                                     Number of       Hours per     Total burden
                       Type of application                          respondents      response          hours
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Healthy Communities Access Program..............................             242              45          10,890
Health Center Network Planning and Development:
    Integrated Service Development Initiative...................               7              45             315
    Shared Integrated Management Information System.............               7              45             315
    Integrated Information and Communication Technology.........               9              45             405
    Pharmacy Networks...........................................              12              45             540
Operational Health Center Networks:
    Pharmacy Networks...........................................              20              45             900

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    Integrated Service Development Initiative...................              17              45             765
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        Total...................................................             314                          14,130
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Desk Officer, Health Resources and Services Administration, Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: April 23, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-9802 Filed 4-29-04; 8:45 am]
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